Finding aid to the Jill Mendelsohn photographs and collection on Elsa Gidlow, circa 1970-2011
Coll2013.078
Finding aid prepared by Danielle Perez-Granado
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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Title: Mendelsohn (Jill) photographs and collection on Elsa Gidlow
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013.078
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.2 linear feet.
1 archive carton.
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1973-1986
Date (inclusive): circa 1970-2011, bulk 1973-1986
Abstract: Photographs and Elsa Gidlow's correspondence and writings, bulk 1973-1986, collected by Jill Mendelsohn. Included are photographs
of Gidlow, as well as lesbian writer Rita Mae Brown, lesbian musicians Meg Christian and Margie Adams, and the San Diego Women's
Music Festival in 1974.
creator:
Mendelsohn, Jill
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Acquisition
Donated by Jill Mendelsohn, May 12, 2011.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Jill Mendelsohn Photographs and Collection on Elsa Gidlow, Coll2013-078, ONE National Gay & Lesbian
Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Danielle Perez-Granado, August 2013.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs and personal correspondence of Jill Mendelsohn. Included are photographs of the 1974
San Diego Women's Music Festival, a 1975 Meg Christian performance, and a brief meeting with Rita Mae Brown. This collection
also contains photographs taken by Mendelsohn and her partner Karen documenting lesbian feminist poet Elsa Gidlow in her garden,
a newspaper article about Gidlow, and personal correspondence to Mendelsohn and Karen from Gidlow.
Separated Materials
The following publications have been separated from the Jill Mendelsohn collection and entered into the ONE National Gay &
Lesbian Archives' library and periodicals database:
Brown, R. M. (1973).
Songs to a handsome woman. Baltimore: Diana Press.
Gidlow, E.
Moods of Eros and other poems.
Gidlow, E. (1973).
Makings for meditation. Mill Valley, CA: Druid Heights Books.
Gidlow, E. (1975).
Ask no man pardon: The philosophical significance of being lesbian. Mill Valley, CA: Druid Heights Books.
Gidlow, E. (1976).
Sapphic songs: Seventeen to seventy. Baltimore: Diana Press.
Gidlow, E. (1982).
Sapphic songs: Eighteen to eighty. Mill Valley, CA: Druid Heights Books.
Gidlow, E. (1986).
Elsa: I come with my songs. San Francisco: Bootlegger Press.
Grahn, J.
The common woman. Oakland: The Womens Press Collective.
Southern California Women for Understanding. 2nd annual lesbian rights award dinner. Event program. February 14, 1981.
Southern California Women for Understanding. SCWU (4:6). Bi-monthly newsletter. December 1980-January 1981.
Southern California Women for Understanding. SCWU (5:1). Bi-monthly newsletter. February-March 1981.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gidlow, Elsa, 1898-1986
Concerts
Lesbian writings
Letters
Photographs
Poets, American--20th century
Women's music festivals--United States
Jill Mendelsohn collection
Box 1, Folder 1
Donation descriptions
2011
Box 1, Folder 7-9
Gidlow, Elsa
circa 1974-1986
Box 1, Folder 7
Correspondence
circa 1974-1986
Box 1, Folder 9
Photographs with Elsa Gidlow
1975-1981
General Physical Description note: 11 b&w and 21 color photographs.
Box 1, Folder 2
Photographs of Meg Christian performance
1975
General Physical Description note: 21 color photographs.
Box 1, Folder 3-4
Photographs of San Diego Women's Music Festival
1974
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
General Physical Description note: 72 b&w photographs.
Box 1, Folder 5
Photographs with Rita Mae Brown and Margie Adams
circa 1970-1976
General Physical Description note: 1 b&w and 3 color photographs.
Box 1, Folder 6
Writings and poetry
1973-1986
